Nail.



No. 630,747. Patented Aug. 8, I899. B. SGHNITZLER.

NAIL.

A lication filed Mar. 8 1899,) (No Model.) pp

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

'BERNHARD SOHNITZLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NAIL.

srnernronrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,747, dated August 8, 1899.

Application filed March 8, 1899- T0 all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, BERNHARD SOHNITZLER, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Nail, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improved form of nail designed for special uses, such as securing laths to studding and joists, and having a head which is of a T shape and projects sufiiciently to form a binder for the plaster.

My invention comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of my improved nail, taken at right angles to each other; and Fig. 3is a section taken upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The object of my invention is to provide a nail which may be used as a lath-nail and which shall have a head of peculiar shape, projecting so as to form a binder for the plas tering. The bodyA of the nail is of ordinary or preferred shape and is the only part of the nail which is driven into the Wood. The portion B, which is of increased diameter and which is herein shown as round, although it may be made of other cross-section, forms the stem portion of the head, the head, as the term is herein used, applying to the portion B, which is a continuation of the shank, but of increased diameter, and the curved cross- Serial No. 708,253. (No model.)

bar 0. This curved cross-bar forms the head portion of a T, the whole of which forms the head of the nail. This portion 0 is of a crosssection substantially half that of the stem and is curved downward or toward the stem of the T, so that when the nail is driven into the Wood it is not necessary to have it exactly perpendicular to the surface of the wood to prevent the corners from sticking farther out than desired. If the nail should be driven at a slight angle into the wood, the curve of the head 0 prevents the end of the head from being projected farther from the surface by reason of the angular position of the shank.

My nail thus answers as a lath-nail and also as a binder for holding the plastering. It will hardly be necessary to use these nails as the only nails for securing the laths in place, but to use a certain proportion of these nails. By the use of these nails the plastering will be more securely held than where the laths only are relied upon.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

A nail having a T- shaped head, the base of the stem of the head forming a stop limiting the penetration of the nail, and the arms of the head curving slightly inward and being of a size and cross-section substantially equal to half that of the stem.

BERNHARD SOHNITZLER.

Witnesses:

H. L. REYNOLDS,

EVERARD BoL'roN MARSHALL. 

